bigip_device_syslog – Manage system-level syslog settings on BIG-IP

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

• Manage system-level syslog settings on BIG-IP.

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
auth_priv_from string		Choices: alert crit debug emerg err info notice warning	Specifies the lowest level of messages about user authentication to include in the system log.
auth_priv_to string		Choices: alert crit debug emerg err info notice warning	Specifies the highest level of messages about user authentication to include in the system log.
console_log boolean		Choices: no yes	Enables or disables logging emergency syslog messages to the console.
cron_from string		Choices: alert crit debug emerg err info notice warning	Specifies the lowest level of messages about time-based scheduling to include in the system log.
cron_to string		Choices: alert crit debug emerg err info notice warning	Specifies the highest level of messages about time-based scheduling to include in the system log.
daemon_from string		Choices: alert crit debug emerg err info notice warning	Specifies the lowest level of messages about daemon performance to include in the system log.
daemon_to string		Choices: alert crit debug emerg err info notice warning	Specifies the highest level of messages about daemon performance to include in the system log.
include string			Syslog-NG configuration to include in the device syslog config.
iso_date boolean		Choices: no yes	Enables or disables the ISO date format for messages in the log files.
kern_from string		Choices: alert crit debug emerg err info notice warning	Specifies the lowest level of kernel messages to include in the system log.
kern_to string		Choices: alert crit debug emerg err info notice warning	Specifies the highest level of kernel messages to include in the system log.
local6_from string		Choices: alert crit debug emerg err info notice warning	Specifies the lowest error level for messages from the local6 facility to include in the log.
local6_to string		Choices: alert crit debug emerg err info notice warning	Specifies the highest error level for messages from the local6 facility to include in the log.
mail_from string		Choices: alert crit debug emerg err info notice warning	Specifies the lowest level of mail log messages to include in the system log.
mail_to string		Choices: alert crit debug emerg err info notice warning	Specifies the highest level of mail log messages to include in the system log.
messages_from string		Choices: alert crit debug emerg err info notice warning	Specifies the lowest level of system messages to include in the system log.
messages_to string		Choices: alert crit debug emerg err info notice warning	Specifies the highest level of system messages to include in the system log.
provider dictionary added in 2.5			A dict object containing connection details.
	auth_provider string		Configures the auth provider for to obtain authentication tokens from the remote device. This option is really used when working with BIG-IQ devices.
	password string / required		The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_PASSWORD. aliases: pass, pwd
	server string / required		The BIG-IP host. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER.
	server_port integer	Default: 443	The BIG-IP server port. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT.
	ssh_keyfile path		Specifies the SSH keyfile to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for cli transports. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE.
	timeout integer		Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error.
	transport string	Choices: cli rest ←	Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.
	user string / required		The username to connect to the BIG-IP with. This user must have administrative privileges on the device. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_USER.
	validate_certs boolean	Choices: no yes ←	If no, SSL certificates are not validated. Use this only on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_VALIDATE_CERTS.
user_log_from string		Choices: alert crit debug emerg err info notice warning	Specifies the lowest level of user account messages to include in the system log.
user_log_to string		Choices: alert crit debug emerg err info notice warning	Specifies the highest level of user account messages to include in the system log.

Notes

Note

• For more information on using Ansible to manage F5 Networks devices see https://www.ansible.com/integrations/networks/f5.

• Requires BIG-IP software version >= 12.

• The F5 modules only manipulate the running configuration of the F5 product. To ensure that BIG-IP specific configuration persists to disk, be sure to include at least one task that uses the bigip_config module to save the running configuration. Refer to the module’s documentation for the correct usage of the module to save your running configuration.

Examples

- name: Create a syslog config
  bigip_device_syslog:
    name: foo
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
auth_priv_from string	changed	The new lowest user authentication logging level Sample: alert
auth_priv_to string	changed	The new highest user authentication logging level. Sample: emerg
console_log boolean	changed	Whether logging to console is enabled or not. Sample: True
cron_from string	changed	The new lowest time-based scheduling logging level. Sample: emerg
cron_to string	changed	The new highest time-based scheduling logging level. Sample: alert
daemon_from string	changed	The new lowest daemon performance logging level. Sample: alert
daemon_to string	changed	The new highest daemon performance logging level. Sample: alert
include string	changed	The new extra syslog-ng configuration to include in syslog config. Sample: filter f_remote_syslog { not (facility(local6)) };
iso_date boolean	changed	Whether ISO date format in logs is enabled or not
kern_from string	changed	The new lowest kernel messages logging level. Sample: alert
kern_to string	changed	The new highest kernel messages logging level. Sample: alert
local6_from string	changed	The new lowest local6 facility logging level. Sample: alert
local6_to string	changed	The new highest local6 facility logging level. Sample: alert
mail_from string	changed	The new lowest mail log logging level. Sample: alert
mail_to string	changed	The new highest mail log logging level. Sample: alert
messages_from string	changed	The new lowest system logging level. Sample: alert
messages_to string	changed	The new highest system logging level. Sample: alert
user_log_from string	changed	The new lowest user account logging level. Sample: alert
user_log_to string	changed	The new highest user account logging level. Sample: alert

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

• This module is maintained by an Ansible Partner. [certified]

Authors

• Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

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